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NECKTIE Filed Aug. 15, 1969 Nov. 10, 1970 I N VEN I 0R. GEO 86E 4. 490

United States Patent 3,538,511 NECKTIE George A. An), 2925 18th Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn. 55411 Filed Aug. 15, 1969, Ser. No. 850,415 Int. Cl. A43d 25/02 US. Cl. 2150 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A necktie comprises a front portion, and a narrow rear portion, and a knot between the portions. If the necktie is a wrap-around type, the front portion has a retaining band intermediate its ends through which the narrow portion extends. Suitable indicators locate the position of the knot. If the necktie has a preformed knot and is to be clipped to the shirt collar of a user, then the rear portion is secured to the front portion by suitable stitching. The rear portion has a length substantially one-third greater than the length of the front portion to permit the lower end of the rear portion to be inserted beneath the trousers of a user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of this invention is to provide a novel necktie in which the front portion and the narrow rear portion are secured together by a loop or stitching, and the rear portion has a length dimension substantially one-third greater than the front portion to permit the rear portion to be inserted beneath the trousers of a user. With this arrangement, the present necktie permits a user to maintain a very well-groomed appearance.

More specifically, when the necktie extends through a type, the rear portion of the necktie extends through a retaining loop on the rear surface of the front portion, and suitable indicia are provided to accurately locate the knot so that the rear portion has a length substantially one-third greater than the front portion for insertion beneath the trousers of a user.

These and other objects and advantages of this invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of one embodiment of a novel tie as it is worn by a user;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the necktie illustrated in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of a slightly modified form of the necktie.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the drawings and more specifically to FIGS. 1 and 2, it will be seen that one embodiment of the novel necktie is illustrated and is designated generally by the reference numeral 10. The necktie is a clip-on type and is formed of a suitable flexible, prefer ably fabric material and includes an overlying relatively wide front portion 12 and an underlying rear portion 13. The front portion 12 is secured intermediate its ends to the rear portion 13 by suitable stitching 15 which extends between the rear folds of the front portion and the rear portion 13. Thus the stitching 15 is concealed when the necktie 10 is worn by a user.

The necktie has a preformed knot 11 formed about a yoke which is formed of a rigid material, preferably plastic. This yoke has a pair of outwardly projecting diverging arms 16 which are adapted to be positioned below the collar to stabilize the necktie in place. The yoke also has a hook-shaped collar engaging element '17 which is adapted to hook over the collar preferably at the location of the collar button of the shirt. The necktie may therefore be readily removed from and applied to the shirt in a well-known manner.

The rear or inner portion 13, as shown, is of a length substantially greater than the length of the front portion 12 to thereby define an extension 20. This extension 20 has a length dimension greater than substantially onethird the length of the front portion 12, although it is preferred that this length be less than one-half the overall length of the front portion 12. With this arrangement, the extension 20 may be tucked beneath the trousers 21 of a user to very effectively anchor the necktie in place so that when a user bends forwardly, as best seen in FIG. 2, the necktie is secured against forward swinging movement. The concealed stitching 12, as well as the extension 20, permits this improved result, thus obviating the need for the use of tie pins, clasps and other clip-type devices used to secure the necktie to the shirt of a user.

Referring now to FIG. 3, it will be seen that a slightly modified form of the necktie 10 is there shown and the necktie is substantially identical to the embodiment of FIG. 1, but is a wrap-around type and is designated generally by the reference numeral 10a. The necktie includes a front portion 12a and a narrower rear portion 13a which are secured against the shirt collar by a conventional necktie knot 11a. The necktie is looped or wrapped around the neck of a user by a loop 16a.

A retaining band 15a is secured to the rear folds of the front portion 12a by suitable stitching and this band cooperates with the front portion to define a loop through which the rear portion 13a extends.

It is essential that the knot 11a be properly located so that the rear portion will be of the desired predetermined length and to this end, it will be noted indicators or locating indicia 1612, such as threads or the like, permanently applied to the tie, locate the position of the knot 11a. When the knot 11a is so located, the rear portion 13a will have a length corresponding to the length of the rear portion of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2. In other words, the rear portion will be substantially longer than the front portion to define an extension 20a. This extension 20a is at least greater than one-third the length of the front portion 12a so that this rear portion may be tucked beneath the trousers of a user.

It will therefore be seen that my novel necktie may be worn by a user without requiring the conventional tie retaining means, such as a tie clasp, tie pins and the like. By constructing my tie in the manner set forth herein above, the unique features may be incorporated in a preformed clip-on tie or a conventional wrap-around tie.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a novel necktie which is not only of simple and inexpensive con- 4 struction, :but one which has distinct advantages over stantially greater than the length of said outer portion comparable necktie apparel. whereby said length may be tucked beneath the What is claimed is: trousers of a user. 1. A necktie comprising an elongate outer portion and an elongate narrow inner portion, References Cited a preformed knot between said portions at one end 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS of each portion, a yoke embraced by the knot including a pair of arms, a collar engaging element gi ii on said yoke releaseably engageable with the shirt 25788O7 12/1951 g g collar of a user to suspend the tie therefrom, stitch- IO nson 2 1 ing secured to the outer portion at the rear surface 10 2813273 11/1957 Schreter 2 145 3,070,806 1/1963 Forte 2153 thereof and intermediate the ends thereof engaging said rear portion to secure the inner portion of said PATRICK D LAWSON Primary Examiner outer portion.

said inner portion having a length dimension sub- 15 

